MKS Instruments reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(398 total reviews)
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John T.C. Lee

89% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

MKS Instruments has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 398 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MKS Instruments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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398 reviews
3.0
May 26, 2015

engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Challenging work. Engineering solutions for the ozone generator industry. Branching out into diverse fields. Education benefits are great and time off is generous.

Cons

Unhelpful management who don't know what they were doing. Had subordinates do their work for them while they "oversaw" the department's. Focus on metrics, not content led to bad decisions being made.

1.0
May 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people outside of management are nice to work with. Proprietary technology (not for many years longer though)

Cons

-While technical knowledge is great, the senior management lacks business background and education. So there is a lack of vision, strategic planning or communication. Once consultant was hired to develop strategic plan and all we saw was a couple of slides followed by crickets... -Some of the senior/executive management has some serious psychological problems and egos to fill out a large room. Some of the management came over from Brooks Automation, need I say more? -Management is micromanaging and has lack of trust towards employees (some departments are better than others) -HR cant get employees to complete surveys, because employees are afraid of retaliation if they ever said anything critical. -Most of the product volume is manufactured in Mexico - that means double management structures and ever present turf wars. Labor content is low so I am not sure how that makes financial sense. -"Not invented here" syndrome is strong with this one...

4.0
Apr 30, 2015

It was good company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not too much pressure, very good company and very good friendly staff, I love holidays there it worth working there, lots of overtime sometimes

Cons

The break time could have been longer, need more young people there,too many old people

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